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special-purpose money: a standalone construct

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special-purposemoney1 CONSTRUCTSpecial-purpose moneyBOHANNAN · ECONOMIC

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Economic anthropology

a currency that serves only some monetary functions or only some spheres of goods, contrasted with general-purpose money.

In economic anthropology, special-purpose money refers to a currency that serves only some monetary functions or only some spheres of goods, contrasted with general-purpose money. This meaning comes from Bohannan (1959) in The Journal of Economic History.[1]

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  1. Bohannan, P. (1959). The Impact of Money on an African Subsistence Economy. The Journal of Economic History, 19(4), 491-503. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700085946

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